Apr 28, 2019 — We followed the standard route up to Hayford Peak, passing a historic cabin within Deadman Canyon. The gravel road required to drive out to the Hidden Forest Trailhead was slow-moving, mostly because I'm freaked out about getting a flat, but the desert was pretty. From the trailhead, Austin and I headed into Deadman Canyon along a slightly tedious gravel trail. The gravel slowly becomes easier to walk in and eventually the Hidden Forest Trail lends itself to being a proper trail and pleasantly heads over five miles to the Hidden Forest Cabin. The cabin seems to get a fair amount of traffic and has some nice culture, where people leave behind goodies and add to a wish list for the cabin. After having lunch, we headed up a social trail on the steep slope directly north of the cabin, but this social trail faded away. Rather than search for it, we continued up the slope to the ridgeline. Note: on the way down, we were able to locate the social trail about a hundred feet to the east, but it had scree and was less appealing. Anyway, from the ridgeline, the social trail became clear, marked heavily with cairns and undulating a bit before getting to a point just southwest of Hayford Peak. We dropped a hundred feet or so to the saddle and then worked up a steep social trail to some very light Class 2 just below the summit. The views from Hayford Peak were really nice. We could see the Muddy Mountains, Lake Mead, Las Vegas, and much more to the south. Trees obscured our view to the north.
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